Revealing the computational properties of consciousness

Hedonium

Desiring that the universe be turned into Hedonium is the straightforward implication of realizing that everything wants to become music.

The problem is… the world-simulations instantiated by our brains are really good at hiding from us the what-it-is-likeness of peak experiences. Like Buddhist enlightenment, language can only serve as a pointer to the real deal. So how do we use it to point to Hedonium? Here is a list of experiences, concepts and dynamics that (personally) give me at least a sort of intuition pump for what Hedonium might be like. Just remember that it is way beyond any of this:

What would you say to someone like Nietzsche who believes in the transformative (and even transcendent) effect of suffering? Certainly a lot of spiritual progress in an individual can arise as the result of testing and turbulent times.